CV

Aaron Yarborough

  1. Professional experience
  2. Competencies
  3. Certifications
  4. Languages
  5. Education

Software consultant based in Leeds, UK with 10+ years’ experience delivering software, leading cross-functional teams, and architecting scalable systems. Proven success in government, education, and commercial sectors. My experience combines technical leadership with hands-on delivery and user-centred design practices.

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Professional experience

Lead Consultant
Hippo		 -
  • Technical Lead on multiple Department for Education projects, involving: overseeing engineering work and quality; technical architecture; consulting on strategy at a portfolio level
  • Lead cross-functional UCD delivery teams
  • Line-managed other engineers
  • Mentored and upskilled consultants in both engineering and other UCD professions
  • Worked with commercial colleagues to write bids and statements of work
  • Both led and supported interviews for new engineering talent
  • Regular involvement in/facilitation for internal initiatives, including communities of practice, engineering strategy working groups, knowledge-sharing presentations
ADFAzureC#EF CoreGitHub ActionsJavaScriptNextJSReactSQL ServerTerraformTypeScriptdotnetnode
Contract Software Engineer
The Data Shed		 -
  • Designed and built the front-end of a bespoke fund recovery system, which allowed more than 100,000 customers affected to recover funds lost by loan mis-selling
AWSAWS LambdaECRECSNext.jsNoSQLReactTailwindTerraformTypeScriptdockernode
Freelance Software Consultant, Tutor
Yarbz Digital Ltd		 -
  • Designed architecture and built MVP for recruitment platform and browser extension; processed 1,000+ user profiles to prove feasibility
  • Developed flagship site for Fifty Five and Five; raised PageSpeed scores to near-100s (Perf, Accessibility, Best Practices, SEO)
  • Built front-end for sportank.com, a social network for American Football players and fans
  • Created gRPC web client proof-of-concept; streamed real-time voice from browser to medical speech recognition software
  • Taught students of all levels software development, including coding fundamentals, computer science theory and modern software tech
ASP.NETAWSAWS LambdaAngularAzureC#ECRECSFirebaseGCPJavaScriptMicroservicesMongoDBMySQLNext.jsNoSQLPHPPythonReactSQL ServerTypeScriptUmbracoWordPressnode
Software Architect
T101		 -
  • Lead on the complete platform re-architecture and development for UK-based dating app with 200,000 monthly active users using Kubernetes, GCP, and other GCP/Cloud features
  • Directly managed a team of 5 software engineers
  • Architected and lead on the implementation of key features, including authentication, authorisation, instant messaging, user profiles, galleries, and geocoding
ASP.NETAWSAngularC#ECSGCPJavaScriptKubernetesMicroservicesMySQLNoSQLSQL ServerTypeScript
Senior Software Developer
Datatrial		 -
  • Developed a medical coding module for Datatrial's Nucleus medical data management platform, built using Aurelia, along with extensive end-to-end and component tests
ASP.NETAureliaC#JavaScriptMySQLSQL ServerTypeScript
Software Engineer
pipdig		 -
  • Developed custom, high-traffic WordPress sites for high-profile influencers
  • Developed custom plugins, such as a plugin for migrating from Blogspot to WordPress
JavaScriptMySQLPHPSQL ServerTypeScriptWordPress
Software Developer
Orangebus		 -
  • Developed disease tracking software for NIFAIS to their specification using Angular 2
  • Developed a high-traffic brochure site using Sitecore for KBC, a Yokogawa company
  • Completed a web accessibility audit of Essex County Council's 'Working for Essex' Umbraco site, including accessibility improvements to attain AAA WCAG certification
  • Worked in cross-functional, user-centred agile teams
ASP.NETAWSAngularAngularJSAzureC#JavaScriptSQL ServerSitecoreUmbraco
Junior Software Developer
True Potential LLP		 -
  • Developed the authentication and financial forecasting experience for True Potential's TP Investor service
  • Provided technical support and bug fixes for True Potential's TP Pension service and investment experience
ASP.NET MVCC#HTMLJavaScriptSQL ServerVB.NET
IT Support, Trainee Software Developer
Innovation Property (UK)		 -
  • Dealt with in-office IT issues via an IT help desk system
  • Worked on improvements to internally-developed WPF tablet software used by our Arboricultural staff on-site
  • Developed updates to internal MVC application used by office staff to log data and arrange appointments
ASP.NET MVCC#JavaScriptSQL ServerVB.NETWPF

Competencies

  • Full-Stack Development
  • Technical Architecture
  • DevOps
  • Team Leadership
  • Recruitment & Onboarding
  • Project Management
  • Mentoring

Certifications

  • Sitecore Professional Developer Certification (Sitecore 8.2) - Aug. 2017
  • Personal Leadership In Tech (Erskine Nash) - Jun. 2024
  • EMCC Foundation Coaching Programme - Jul. 2025

Languages

  • English - Native/Bilingual Proficiency
  • German - Professional Working Proficiency
  • Arabic (Levantine) - Limited Working Proficiency

Education

  • 10 GCSEs @ Duchess Community High School